eli5 perpetual motion is impossible but why haven't we made something that just goes on for a really long time that we then service so it can keep going? Submitted by FrozenKyrie t3_11d1hqt on February 27, 2023 at 3:29 AM in explainlikeimfive 50 comments 0
ObscureName22 t1_ja6uua6 wrote on February 27, 2023 at 7:27 AM You can buy these things as desk ornaments. By your phrasing I think you can argue a car is a perpetual motion machine. It can run for many miles before occasionally servicing it with a little gasoline. Permalink 1
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